Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316...
by withinboredom on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:51PM
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I know a guy, makes minimum wage, poor as shit. Known him a long time, but for how poor he his, he is rich in games. He doesn’t even pay for IAP on his phone, somehow he gets that free. It’s always hilarious when he messages me: “hey, have you played X yet?” And my response is, “no.” He sends me the torrent. I just pay for the games, because I can afford it and I know if he says it’s good, I’ll probably enjoy it.
I imagine there are other people like me, where the pirating actually drives sales. But yeah, to the people who don’t make tons of money, it’s often the only way they’ll ever play the game.
Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316...
by vmception on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:44PM
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Yes, I was factoring that in but I dont think its that big of a factor, when I was in the scene pirates were estimates to being 1-2% of players. So even thinking about how pirates are advertisements for the game, I’m skeptical of their impact. From what I can tell, technical literacy has gone down in Gen Z.
Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316...
by imtringued on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:03AM
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I have seen some youtube game reviewers openly admit that they acquired some of their games through piracy.
Cracking got harder and licensed distribution in the 2010s became as convenient and consumer friendly as it unlicensed distribution was for pirates in the early 2000s.
Region locked games started disappearing, coinciding with less physical media needs to begin with.
Flagship titles started being released cross region simultaneously.
Downloads and streaming was available and fast.
The marketplaces and discovery gradually got better too, still limited here but not better than what the marketplaces distributing unlicensed content have.
There is also the part about the budget, but I'm not sure. Expense was a factor, but I'm not sure how big of a factor. The things people do on Steam and other marketplaces is similar to what pirates were doing: downloading a ton of games for free because they could, but only playing the flagship games and never touching the other ones. So the pirates-turned-consumers are still only buying a handful of games, and now also have access to the promotions and plethora of free stuff as the always-consumers.